In Snow Leopard, little dots of light appeared in the Dock beneath apps that were open. But Lion‘s default state is to eliminate these open-app indicators, in yet another way that Lion makes your Mac work like an iPad. Here’s how to get the dots back, so you always know what’s open.

Apple has opened iCloud to developers, and devs are taking note of a whole new suite of web apps that are included with the software, along with iCloud’s pricing plan. 5GB accounts will be free, of course, but additional storage will cost you.